Legal Opinion

Pietrunti v. Island Diagnostic Laboratories

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided July 27, 1998PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

—In a negligence action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the plaintiffs appeal from an order of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Leone, J.), entered July 18, 1997, which granted the defendant’s motion pursuant to CPLR 3211 dismissing the complaint.

Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

The plaintiff Yvonne Pietrunti (hereinafter the mother) accompanied her three-year-old daughter to the defendant’s laboratory in order to have the child’s blood drawn for testing in preparation for entry to pre-school. Although Mrs. Pietrunti complained that she became ill at the sight…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Zuckerman v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
  2. Turcotte v. FellNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
  3. Pulka v. EdelmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1976

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Urciuoli v. Lawrence Hospital CenterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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